RESUME

Professional

info

I am a researcher in geomicrobiology. I obtained a PhD in Earth Sciences at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and have worked as a postdoctoral scientist since 2015. I am specialized in the study of lake sediments, subsurface biosphere and organomineralizations.

Skills

Molecular biology

Epifluorescence microscopy

Scanning electron microscopy

Organic geochemistry

Sedimentology

Scientific drilling

Work

experience

Senior Research Associate, University of Bern

2023-present

Mutual feedback between microbial communities and climatic archives of lake Nam Co : SNSF Sinergia project DIGESTED (Deep biosphere-geosphere interactions at the top of the world) and ICDP NamCore drilling project

Maitre-Assistant, University of Geneva

2019-present

Study of mineralizing and non-mineralizing microbial mats in freshwater springs systems near the Dead Sea shore to understand the formation of fossilized stromatolites of the Dead Sea Basin.

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Geneva

2017- 2019

Study of microbial influence and iron cycling in laminated sediments of the deeply ventilated lake Fagnano, in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Lab: Daniel Ariztegui's Limnogeology and geomicrobiology lab.

Postdoctoral researcher, French Agricultural Research Institute (CARRTEL lab)

2015 - 2017

Investigation on microbial community diversity and functions (especially methane cycling) in the seasonally ice-covered lake Onego (Russia).

PhD researcher, University of Geneva

2011 - 2015

I was involved in the ICDP-funded project Dead Sea Deep Drilling Project, in which i attempted to characterize the current and past microbial activity of the Dead Sea, and its influence on the sedimentary archives recovered by the drilling.

Languages

French

English

Spanish

Teaching

Microbiology

Structural Geology

Geological mapping

Quaternary Geology

Education

PhD in Earth Sciences, University of Geneva

2011-2015

Investigating the deep subsurface biosphere of a hypersaline lake, the Dead Sea (Levant). Supervisor : Prof. Daniel Ariztegui

Master in Earth Sciences, University of Lyon I and Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon

2008 - 2010

Major in physics and chemistry of the Earth and planets, Thesis on biosignatures of Paleoproterozoic deposits from the Hamersley Basin, Australia. Supervisor: Prof. Fabrice Cordey and Dr. Nicolas Olivier

Bachelor in Earth and environmental sciences, University of Burgundy, Dijon,

2005-2008

Exchange student (Erasmus) at the University of Iceland, in Reyjavik.

Guest student at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark